Improvement in loom-shuttle



'Quinn tat sttent @frn F. W. SAWYER, O F GRAFTON, MASSACHUSETTS.- Letters Pittem No. 10,026, dated @mbe-r 22,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOOM-SHUTTLE.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, F. W. SAWYER, of Grafton, county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have made a. certain new `and' useful Improvement in Shuttles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact-description ofi'the same, reference being had to the'iavccompanying drxtwing's, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved shuttle.

Figure 2 represents n bottom view.

Figure 3 represents a section on `line A B, fig. 2, and

Figure 4 represents ,a section 'on line C D, tig. 2.

The shuttle A in its general nshape und form does not differ from those in common use. My' improvement relates to the modefof supporting the friction-rolls B B. Rolls B B turn on journalsV a, which are supported by bearings C C` inserted in the bottom of the shuttle at each end, as fully indicated in the drawings. LA side view of one of theseY bearings is shown in iig. 3,- and cross-sections of the bearings which support one' roll are shown in {ign-4. The bearing-.pieces G-have ears, bb, through which screws c e are passed to hold them securely in place. As the bearing-pieces' C are let in Hush with the bottom vof the' shuttle they do not cat-ch the threads, A'while at thesame .time they do not 'materially weaken the strength oi' any par-tof the shuttle, the sides of the shuttle being full as strong at the ends as at any other p art oi' the shuttle. i

g Having described my improved shuttle, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Putentas au improved article of manufacture, is y Ashuttle having friction-rolls B B, the journals of which are supported in bearings inserted in slots or recesses cut or formed n the bottom of the shuttle, substantially as described.

F. W. SAWYER;

Witnesses:

THos. H. Donne, l D. L. MILLER. 

